A 3D reconstruction of plagioclase crystals in a synthetic basalt

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 893-901

  Duchêne, Stéphanie ^a   Pupier, Elsa ^a   de Veslud, Christian Le Carlier ^a   Toplis, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Crystal growth; Crystal size distribution; Plagioclase

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; CRYSTAL AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALS; QUENCHING TEMPERATURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

BASALT; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PLAGIOCLASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 44449112073     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2679     Document Type: Article

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